Newspaper Columnist Report
on Annette

By Bernard
Sobel

Included below
is a short article on Annette fromOctober 1930.
The author is reflecting on thepresence
and entrance of Annette to the CBSstudios.
He describes exactly what apprearsin the "Showboat"
special when Annette sings.You could
literally hear a "pin" drop when shebegan to
sing. All eyes were on Annette. Imagineif you will
all the young men straightening up theties and
their hair when Annette enters the room.And true
to form, just like Frank Hanshaw told methe author
references to her "age". He says her age issomewhere
in the "teens". Even at that time she kepther age a
strict secret. From our current records andher birthdate
of 1901, she would have been 29 years oldwhen this
article was written.